| Toronto Argonauts | |
 Sweet with the Argonauts in 2022 | |
| Born: | Salem,Virginia, U.S.[1] |
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| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Offensive line coach |
| College | Carson-Newman |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1997 | Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Offensive assistant coach) |
| 1998 | Holy Cross Crusaders (Assistant offensive line coach) |
| 1999 | Elon Phoenix (Defensive ends coach) |
| 2000 | Presbyterian Blue Hose (Tight ends/fullbacks coach) |
| 2001–2004 | Presbyterian Blue Hose (Offensive line coach) |
| 2003–2004 | Presbyterian Blue Hose (Offensive coordinator) |
| 2005 | Kentucky State Thorobreds (Offensive line coach) |
| 2006 | Columbia Lions (Offensive line coach) |
| 2007–2011 | Calgary Stampeders (Offensive line coach) |
| 2012 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (Run game coordinator, Offensive line coach) |
| 2013 | Edmonton Eskimos (Offensive line coach) |
| 2014–2016 | Montreal Alouettes (Offensive line coach) |
| 2018 | Norfolk State Spartans (Offensive line coach) |
| 2019 | Lyon Scots (Offensive coordinator) |
| 2021 | Howard Bison (Offensive line coach) |
| 2022–present | Toronto Argonauts (Offensive line coach) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Kris Sweet is a professionalgridiron football coach who is theoffensive line coach for theToronto Argonauts of theCanadian Football League (CFL). He is a three-timeGrey Cup champion as an assistant coach after winning with theCalgary Stampeders in2008 and with the Argonauts in2022 and2024.
Sweet playedcollege football as acenter for theCarson–Newman Eagles and earned his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1996 and his master's degree in education in 1998.[1]
Sweet began his coaching career as an offensive graduate assistant for theTennessee Tech Golden Eagles in 1997.[1] Following stints with theHoly Cross Crusaders in 1998 and theElon Phoenix in 1999, he joined thePresbyterian Blue Hose in 2000 as the team'stight ends coach and fullbacks coach.[1] In 2001, he became theoffensive line coach for the Blue Hose and then was namedoffensive coordinator in 2003.[1] He added the titles of recruiting coordinator and academic coordinator in 2003.[1] In 2005, Sweet joined theKentucky State Thorobreds staff as the team's offensive line coach and then moved to theColumbia Lions in 2006 in the same capacity.[1]
On February 16, 2007, it was announced that Sweet had joined theCalgary Stampeders to serve as team'soffensive line coach, which marked his first foray into professional football.[2] He was retained in 2008 by newhead coachJohn Hufnagel and Sweet won his firstGrey Cup championship following the Stampeders' victory in the96th Grey Cup game.[3]
On January 3, 2012, Sweet was named the run game coordinator and offensive line coach for theSaskatchewan Roughriders.[4] However, he was with the team for only one season as he was dismissed at the end of the year.[5]
On February 11, 2013, theEdmonton Eskimos announced that Sweet had joined their coaching staff to serve as the team's offensive line coach.[6] After head coachKavis Reed was fired following the2013 season, Sweet was not retained by incoming head coachChris Jones.[7][8]
On March 6, 2014, it was announced that Sweet had joined theMontreal Alouettes as the team's offensive line coach, reuniting him with head coachTom Higgins who had first hired him into the CFL in 2007.[9] He was with the team for three years under three different head coaches.
Sweet returned to the American college ranks in 2018 when he was named the offensive line coach for theNorfolk State Spartans.[1] In 2019, he joined theLyon Scots as the team'soffensive coordinator, but his tenure was cut short after he was diagnosed withNon-Hodgkin lymphoma.[3][10] After recovering, he joined theHoward Bison in 2021 to serve as their offensive line coach.[3]
It was announced on January 19, 2022, that Sweet had joined theToronto Argonauts as their offensive line coach.[11] In his first year, the Argonauts won the109th Grey Cup and Sweet won his second championship. In2024, the Argonauts defeated theWinnipeg Blue Bombers in the111th Grey Cup and he won his third Grey Cup.
Sweet and his wife, Kate, have two children, Alex and Megan.[1]